No. 1 Kansas jumped out of the gates early, then overcame a second-half ejection of All-America center Hunter Dickinson Tuesday for a tense 75-72 win over 11th-ranked Duke Tuesday night.
The Jayhawks secured the high-profile win in Las Vegas while limiting Duke's Cooper Flagg to 13 points and forcing the freshman phenom into four turnovers. Flagg's supporting cast led multiple runs to keep things close before the tone of the game took a dramatic turn midway through the second half.
With Kansas leading 57-55, Dickinson grabbed an offensive rebound in traffic and was undercut by Duke's Maliq Brown.